Burton Albion may be set to face Sheffield United in sub-zero conditions on Saturday - and Nigel Clough says it is key his side do not freeze on the big stage.

Beginning at Bramall Lane, the Brewers face a run of six consecutive games against sides pushing for promotion to the Premier League.

While they have beaten only one of the Championship's current top 10, Clough's side have thrived on the road all season, proving in a narrow defeat at Aston Villa last month that they can mix it with the division's best sides.

Five of Burton Albion's seven wins this season have come on the road (Image: Richard Burley/Epic Action Imagery)

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"Whether it's Wolverhampton Wanderers (who they face at Molineux on March 17) or Sheffield United, it's about not freezing, just going and playing as we have done at Barnsley and as we did at Villa and Ipswich Town.

"We just go there to play.

"It's ironic that arguably our worst second-half performance, against Barnsley, resulted in us getting the three points because of our first half.

"But over the course of the game, in the 90 minutes, we played better at Ipswich and better at Villa, and against Millwall as well - and yet we had to withstand some late pressure at Barnsley.